Jose Bao
Bio
(Lima – Peru, 1981)
Bachelor of Plastic Arts with a mention in Painting, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (1999 – 2005).
Individual exhibitions: Ecosostema/Información, LA GALERÍA, Lima (2022); Replica, El Olivar Cultural Center, Lima (2008); Viewpoint, Landmark Space, Lima (2016); Legends, Vertex Gallery, Lima (2013); Construction of graphic space, Taller S/T (Untitled) Lima (2009).
Selection of recent collectives: PintaPArC, International Art Fair, Casa Prado, LA GALERÍA, Lima (2022); Lima Photo 2019, THE GALLERY, Lima (2019); X National Painting Contest of the BCRP Central Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Lima (2018); IX National Painting Contest of the BCRP Central Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (2017); Art Lima, Imaginart Gallery, Lima (2015).
Awards: Second place, Riccadonna Art Contest. Lima (2013); Honorable mention, Arte en Libertad Painting Contest, MAPFRE, Lima (2006).
Statement
His work arises from an interest in form and the relationship between natural elements and technology, to address the concept of replica. Replication as a consequence or development of an event, ordinary by nature and that is part of a transformation cycle. He replicates how the form moves through time. And Replica, as a process to which the image is submitted and through which information is obtained and omitted.
From the pictorial reproduction and technical images through photography and video, the artist investigates the relationships between reality, fiction, nature and technology.
